Shin Bet Chief Talks About Meeting with the Rebbe
It only seemed natural that one of my first missions after being appointed head of the Israeli General Security Service (known as the Shabak) in 1988 would be to travel to the United States. A short while after I arrived at the hotel in New York, several Chabad-Lubavitch men, “chabadniks”, approached me and asked if I want to the meet the Lubavicher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
The Ultimate Rebellion
The Anniversary Banquet at Mayanot
There was once a young man. He was raised in a good home filled with positive influences. He had the best education in a great community. His parents set him on a straight path towards success, but he had his own ideas of what he wanted from life. And so the downward spiral began. He started indulging in the “pleasures” of life… He demanded meat; he started drinking more wine than normal. His parents tried to curb his newly-formed habits and give him life advice, but to no avail. He declined to listen to them, and worse, he demanded that they fund his selfish habits! No matter what his parents did, he refused to turn his life back around. Left with no other choice, his parents are instructed by the Torah to bring him before the Beis Din (Jewish court) to have him sentenced to death. A tragic ending to what could have been such a promising life…
Locksmith and security guard David Samuel Cyprys, 43, was yesterday charged with 16 counts of indecent assault and 13 counts of gross indecency claimed to have been committed between 1984 and 1991.
Prominent members of the Melbourne Jewish community lied to the police, covered up an alleged child abuse scandal and protected a man accused of repeatedly molesting children from a school in St Kilda East, a court has been told.
Newspaper Says Chabad ‘Protected’ Child Abuser
Locksmith and security guard David Samuel Cyprys, 43, was yesterday charged with 16 counts of indecent assault and 13 counts of gross indecency claimed to have been committed between 1984 and 1991.
Prominent members of the Melbourne Jewish community lied to the police, covered up an alleged child abuse scandal and protected a man accused of repeatedly molesting children from a school in St Kilda East, a court has been told.
Court Rules Individuals Do Not Have Constitutional Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun in Public
New York State Press Release
New York – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office has won a major court victory in defense of New York State’s gun safety laws. In a decision in the case of Kachalsky, et al. v. Cacace, et al, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York rejected a constitutional challenge to New York’s handgun licensing statute, ruling that individuals do not have a constitutional right to carry a concealed handgun in public.
Jews and Muslims Cook in Harmony
J-Wire
Jewish and Muslim children pose together for a picture with ‘Our Big Kitchen’ director David Slavin in Sydney, Australia.
Schoolchildren from Jewish dayschool Mount Sinai College donned aprons along with children from Muslim dayschool Arkana College to cook up a feast of traditional Jewish and Muslim dishes to eat together with overproduction distributed to the needy.
Chabad Greets Israeli Delegation to Moscow
Rabbi Yakov Fridman, Chairman of Chabad of Moscow’s Division for Hebrew-speakers, met Friday with Israel’s Ambassador to Moscow, Ms. Dorit Goldiner, 120 branch managers of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim and the Chairman of Bank Hapoalim’s Worker’s Union, Mr. S. Amzalak.
New Engagement!
Aryeh Leib Moskovits (Crown Heights) and Mushky Klein (Crown Heights)
Councilman Jumaane Williams Says He Was Arrested at West-Indian Parade Because He’s Black
NY Daily News
City Councilman Jumaane Williams
A city councilman detained by cops at the West Indian Day parade said Tuesday that it wouldn’t have happened if he was white.
Wednesday Night L’Chaim
Levi Coleman (Beverly Hills/London)and Mimi Fradkin (Montreal,Canada)
L’Chaim Tonight Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Daily News Profiles New Book for Jewish Kids’ Safety
by Simone Weichselbaum – NY Daily News
Top rabbis have endorsed a new children’s book teaching Orthodox Jewish kids about kidnapping and molestation – a historical first for the sheltered community.
Jewish Week
Brooklyn Jewish Center in the 1920s
A few years ago, while rummaging through a small storage closet in his Crown Heights day school, an administrator discovered a cache of old prayer books.
In a Changed Crown Heights, a Reunion of Respect
Jewish Week
Brooklyn Jewish Center in the 1920s
A few years ago, while rummaging through a small storage closet in his Crown Heights day school, an administrator discovered a cache of old prayer books.
New Engagement!
The staff at CrownHeights.info would like to wish our fellow staffer, editor, photographer and reporter Binyomin Lifshitz (Crown Heights) a hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! on his engagement to Rivka Kashanian (Coral Springs, FL/Crown Heights)!
The Lechaim will take place tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Ottenstein Family
The Ottenstein family is sitting shiva after the very untimley passing of their dear son and brother Eli, ob”m, at 770 Lefferts Av. Apt. C1L.
Minyanim will be held,Tuesday to Thursday at Bais Menachem Mendel 770 Lefferts Ave: Shacharis 7:15, Mincha 7:00pm and Maariv 9:00pm
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
NY Times
Left: Shamai K. Leibowitz. Right: Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC.
When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case. They identified the blogger in court papers only as “Recipient A.” After Mr. Leibowitz pleaded guilty, even the judge said he did not know exactly what Mr. Leibowitz had disclosed.
Liberal Jew Spied on Israel to Prevent Attack on Iran
NY Times
Left: Shamai K. Leibowitz. Right: Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC.
When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case. They identified the blogger in court papers only as “Recipient A.” After Mr. Leibowitz pleaded guilty, even the judge said he did not know exactly what Mr. Leibowitz had disclosed.
Lawyer for Levi Aron Defends Her Client… and Herself
NY Times
The death threats and hate mail, she says, have slowed, and she keeps her office door unlocked in defiance. There, Jennifer L. McCann sits behind her desk, wearing leopard print pumps, poised for an argument.
Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the United States are planning a plethora of events commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people.
9/11 Tributes Focus on Adding Light to Troubled World
Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the United States are planning a plethora of events commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people.
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